Free Flight: Sport/Scale

Free Flight Sport/Scale Bill Warner CRASH Oh no Addie Naccarato runs office new 80-in ultralight rubber model has just placed safekeeping is. smashed things picture has fallen off wall wiped out wing fuselage Hardly time left before big day US Free Flight Champs Taft CA Farman Moustique slated fly us would have thrown towel point Addie about give up easily worked day night missing some events Taft Winnebago hummed activity wee hours Scale Day dawned Blacksheep Squad ron Farman Hying Team toted its pride joy field Farman fitted up wound ready other flying stopped perfect launch Addie son Tony steadying wing Moustique airborne floating morning breeze under low power its 16 ounces being mere pittance 12 strands FAI rubber keep airborne ap plause just first flight victory over adversity first magnitude features ship will need ever fully-wound clock work-timer-operated dethermalizer pops up elevators moment writing Addie has model set up Indoor flying radio bringing its weight bit over two pounds Besides being covered Japanese tissue built sliced ribs light balsa lot FF know-how went ship Per sonally ever get hit accidentally RC plane Ive lots near misses certainly hope its subject safety Bill Wat son generally uses RC safe ways like fly slow-moving dirigibles around now doing testing ultralight maker Albuquerque seems certain advantage having test pilot ground looping things Its also great parachute testing chute whole plane down Fly ing 450-lb full-size ships RC. 1 guess time Free Bight might best way go Nebraska Free-Fllghters littleknown group devotees land Perry Peterson Joe Pederson Bob Wil ley Tom Winter Tom puts out down-home newsletter panache NFFS journal invites new members fly Indoor Scale well outside stuff 10 bucks can member six can have newsletter Winding Stooge delivered door nine times year original plan issue Theres Bos tonian floats Im looking Allen Hunt Plan ServIce well worth looking Two dollars will bring Allens catalog well-drawn plans including 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Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 FF Old-TimerslHaught Continued page 73 seemed good idea try adhering glass cloth large areas using instant glue technique Experiments proved idea work well fumes produced setting glue proved too much now have revised method tacking cloth down around edges wherever else needed using epoxy glue method system works great Finishing surfaces covered man ner easily accomplished epoxy paintsclear pigmented usually spray color coat dope visibility appearance considerations coat clear epoxy paint thinned down Free Flight models Incidentally small pieces 6-ounce cloth adhered Hot Stuff KNIGHTS AIR Scale Realism R/ C Aircraft Lightweight flexible super detailed pilot figures 301 730-5596 equivalent make excellent field repairs flight kit should essentials As products used hobby health hazards exist wary skin contact epoxy products always ensure adequate ventilation present Clarence Haught 3226 Honeysuckle Dr Coeur dAlene ID 83814 Indoor Champalooig Continued page 77 ing get second-round flight airborne Mother Nature decided things get ting too hot sent thunderstorm 20 mm after start Round Three high winds downpour caused line leaking rain along some windows roof rain drops damaging several airborne models Within 15 mm drip ping stopped air stabilized enough flying resume Resume did Cailliau launching 2955 flight second high time Regional Hulbert did well 2539 flight Walt Van Gorder got act together flight 2348 Meanwhile Jim Richmond also fly ing models AMA Stick posting winning time 3002 second highest time contest FlD models require maximum wingspan 65cm 2559 minimum weight 1 gram 035 oz AMA Stick models must have wing area less 300 sq Thus FlD model can fly AMA Stick unless has extremely large wing chord over 11 3/ vice versa Richard Doig built monster microfilm model 296 sq specifically AMA Stick took second place 2233 unfortunately model destroyed its second flight Paul Tryon S2OO shipping bust AT YOUR HOBBY SHOP J close third 2212 Juniors also flew AMA Stick Paul Loucka won flight 1555 Bob Skrjancs 1528 flight took second Monday evening brought another contrast Ornithopters flappers took air Walt Erbach Lincoln NE has flying Ornithopters longer us have flying models won flight 348 new nithopter enthusiast Roy White Cata wissa MO took second 333 Frank Kiesers flight 251 placed him third Concurrently north end Coliseum Contest Director Charlie Sotich set up Rubber Speed course consistlng two pylons lines helium balloons 20 ft apart John Voorhees Sidney OH en trant model could complete re quired two laps course did 1734 sec Tuesday morning crowded events models Walt Erbach drafted Contest Director Pennyplane Novice Pennyplane Manhattan Bostonian Walt called ac tion because four other CDs models fly Contest Directors Tony Italiano Gordon Wisniewski both flew Pennyplane Wisniewski win ning event time 1201 sec ond place Walt Van Gorder ly needed official flight 1101 Wal ly Simmers took third 847 Italiano ended up sixth place CDs Novice Pennyplanes winning first place Wally Simmers 920 flight 915 got Jerry Nolin Fairborn OH second-place trophy Doug Barbers flight 909 took third Three Juniors participated both Pennyplane events Paul Loucka placed October 1984 165 PILOT BUSTS AND FULL FIGURES Perftct oldest newest next creation. give plane pilot FULL FIGURES 1/5 CIVILIAN$1295 1/4 CIVILIAN$1495 1/3 CIVILIAN$1995 NEW RELEASES 1/5 WWII US NAVY$1395 1/6 WWII US AAF$1195 2 CIYILIAN$895 specify airplane helicopter S250 shipping figure LJRDER YOURS TODAY William M Hawkc 7148 Lasting Light way Columbia MD 21045 CIVILIAN BUSTS NOW AVAILABLE 1/3 1/4 $695 1/55495 NEW RELEASE I/S WWII US NAVY